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Shock Therapy

Some claim you played to the gods on that night Some older folk warned you were devils I know that you played with immortal might (My Sony's at Richter-Scale level) What a monster, primal and primitive sound! My chair ain't electro-shock proof Vibrating the floor and shaking the ground And blowing my brains through the roof Strutting and sneering, it's bad-boy St. Mick Mocking and shocking tradition Keith's chugging cords and earth-quaking licks Bludgeon me into submission Those Liverpool lads are far too polite Your music MURDERS my troubles 'Penny Lane'? Uh-uh! You wanna' pick FIGHTS! And BLAST those bad-blues into rubble... ***'Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!'...The Rolling Stones Live at Madison Square Garden...November - 1969...Yes, 1969 and to this day no band has been able to match that sound

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Date: 8/9/2013 7:39:00 PM
AWESOME...............SKAT
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Date: 8/8/2013 9:44:00 PM
TIM enjoyed your late night poem. CONGRATULATIONS!!! :-) :-) :-) in Nathan's contest... xox Linda
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Date: 8/8/2013 8:30:00 PM
congrats nate
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Date: 9/14/2012 9:00:00 AM
So cool reading this; the wild world of rock you describe has a certain following but I like your words better than reality. You described it all perfectly Tim! Love, Lizzie
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Date: 9/13/2012 10:35:00 AM
tim!.. this is so vibrant, free and boundless --- definitely memories worthy of nostalgia!.. your images spells of flashbacks!.. superb :) huggs!
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Date: 9/11/2012 3:23:00 PM
This takes me back, Tim, i've still got the first three vinyl Decca (uk) LP's of the stones, in fact i can go back even further to bill Haley, first three LP's ... anyhow, your poem, awesome and nostalgic, thank you.
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Date: 9/10/2012 8:08:00 AM
Love that fourth verse - how their music murders, beatles too polite - great analogy! Sounds like it was a great concert/recording :)
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